Williams v. McAdoo

COMPTON, Justice.

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus instituted on relation of Jesse' Williams, seeking discharge from the custody •of respondent, J. G. McAdoo, sheriff of Lea County.

An information was filed in Lea County against relator, the pertinent provisions of which read:

“Jesse Williams did wilfully, deliberately and premeditatedly kill Johnnie Lee Boyd by shooting her with a gun, contrary to Section 41-2404, New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1941 Compilation, and that this happened in Lea • County, New Mexico, on or about the 24th day of March, 1953.”

A plea of not guilty was…